Used car audio is hard to put value one. The gear goes through much more wear and tear in an auto environment. When we took trade ins etc, it was next to nothing. Used is hard to sell unless it's a legendary product that people go out of their way for. Even good stuff can be tricky to value.

It can be a big gamble... Example is a pair of Alpine Type R 12" in factory Type R box... the seller got like $60-80 and the woofers looked very good. Within a month the surrounds failed... it happens.

Or hope is somebody is putting a period correct car together and wants something like this. they're out there. Good luck with the sale.

HelloYou should be able to get $100 for the Boston 5.5's if you have the tweeters and crossovers, those were around $700 at the time and still one of my favorites. The Nakamichi is nice but wasn't very popular so I would expect too much for it. Is the PLD-1 white, grey or black? They had a few revisions of it when they changed their ZX series styling. The 4x6 plates would be $15-20, Kicker sub maybe $50 but probably less unless it is in a box, the RF 75HD could be anywhere from $50-$120 depending on condition and if you have the harness for it.

I have to agree with mortron, used car audio usually sells for a small fraction of the original price. Yes, a car is a much tougher environment than the home. The result, much more wear & tear. When I sold my friend's car audio, he got about 20% of new or less. He had spent $5000 on it new.

I have to agree with mortron, used car audio usually sells for a small fraction of the original price. Yes, a car is a much tougher environment than the home. The result, much more wear & tear. When I sold my friend's car audio, he got about 20% of new or less. He had spent $5000 on it new.

It's crazy what you can get for $500 USD from some retailers... the cost of production and sourcing of parts has really changed in 20 years, to the point that older car audio gear is a hard sell.

That said, there was a member on here who insisted on period correct car audio gear, and dropped like $700 on a 20+ year old head unit... so the buyers are out there. I would advertise in Car Audio forums or on eBay. The bigger the reach the better the chance.

I had some car audio from the early 90's in my garage that came out of an older car.When I did my current install, decided not to use any of it.Went down the same road to try an value it.Ended up putting it on Ebay with a starting bid of a penny for each piece.Some of it got decent money, others not so much, but at least everything went to happy homes, and I avoided the idiot tire kickers and nickle/dimers from Kijiji.

I have to agree with mortron, used car audio usually sells for a small fraction of the original price. Yes, a car is a much tougher environment than the home. The result, much more wear & tear. When I sold my friend's car audio, he got about 20% of new or less. He had spent $5000 on it new.

It's crazy what you can get for $500 USD from some retailers... the cost of production and sourcing of parts has really changed in 20 years, to the point that older car audio gear is a hard sell.

That said, there was a member on here who insisted on period correct car audio gear, and dropped like $700 on a 20+ year old head unit... so the buyers are out there. I would advertise in Car Audio forums or on eBay. The bigger the reach the better the chance.

Yep, I bought a new Rockford punch amp, Orion crossover, Soundstream line level converter and Pioneer separates(TS-D series, surprisingly good) and 6x9's, all for under 900 CDN, including amp and speaker wiring. The prices blew me away and the SQ is quite nice. Those Punch amps are a bargain these days.

Looking for a used Land Rover Discovery or Defender? Looking for "AA Yellow" (basically even more garish than "taxicab yellow")? Plan to spend significantly more (at one point, nearly a 30% premium!)

Looking to buy a new Porsche Cayenne? Want that spiffy "lipstick red" Carmine color? As a new car option, it's almost an extra $4000. WTF? It's the same paint as the black, just a different pigment!

There are colors that "wear better" - scratches show up more on darker colors, but they often look better unwashed then lighter colors. Lighter colors have less "fade" from the sun, and red always fades worse than just about anything else.

There are colors that are popular for "historical reasons" - a British Racing Green Triumph or MG is likely to sell for more than one of a different color, and silver Porsches of certain vintage and models command a serious premium over other colors, and seriously how many non-red Ferraris do you see - all because it's tied to point-in-time racing successes.

My personal theory? That cars in particular colors are popular for external reasons - cars in movies, cars in popular advertisements, cars in music videos, anything that moves people to associate a car in a given color with a point in time. And later, that point being anchored, they reminisce and say "I want one of those" and the cost of "one of those" skyrockets.

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